Auditions for our Final Season - A Run For The Money

A Run for the Money - written and directed by Richard Maker

Auditions will be held at Stirling Theatre on Saturday September 12 at 10.30am

In 1890s Perth, cunning ex-convict and washed-up variety star Arthur Fox fakes his own lavish deathbed to lure greedy “long-lost relatives” hungry for his goldfields fortune. With his loyal but stuttering sidekick Kit Merritt and the arrival of sharp-witted widow Bella, the scams, bribes, dodgy pork pies, and quack enemas spiral into glorious chaos.

A fast, filthy, and fiercely funny colonial farce about greed, performance, and reinvention - where the real gold is in the con itself. When the strongbox is emptied and the curtain falls, Fox and Merritt simply start a brand-new act.

This is a gift of a script for performers who want to show off! Bold theatrical characters, huge comic range, accents, physical farce, quick-fire timing and genuine emotional arcs. Perfect for mature actors ready to ham it up and younger performers wanting meaty, transformative roles.

Cast required

• Arthur Fox (M, late 60s- 70s) - Charismatic master conman and theatrical ham. Vigorous, vain, and loving the artistry of the scam.

• Kit Merritt (M, 20s) - Loyal, ambitious assistant with a persistent stutter. Grows in confidence and finds (then loses) love.

• Silas Covet (M, 40s) - Ambitious, henpecked lawyer always one step behind in the greed stakes.

• Tottie Covet (F, 40s) - Larger-than-life, gloriously malapropism-prone, terrible cook and entrepreneurial force of nature.

• Ephraim Groper (M, 70s) - Lecherous, crude old relative with an ear trumpet - delivers plenty of earthy laughs.

• Arabella “Bella” Felchet (F, 20s) - Intelligent young widow and the ultimate cool-headed con artist.

• Doctor Rackery (M, 60s) - Pompous quack obsessed with his signature enemas.

• Judge Hubert Hangemhy (M, 50s) - Bombastic, Latin-spouting, comically corrupt judge.

Season runs from November 20 - December 5

Rehearsals will be Monday and Thursday evenings and Saturday  afternoons.

For more information please contact the director Richard Maker at This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.

Interested in the reading or auditioning?

Come along to the playreading at the theatre on 5 September at 2pm to find out more.